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RS Games at the WPNSA: PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans Overall

by Nick Hutton-Penman 20 Aug 2018 12:31 BST 9-15 August 2018

As part of the three week RS Games extravaganza, the Feva Europeans saw 114 boats from 10 countries attend. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, UK, was buzzing with 205 RS Aeros and 170 RS Teras as the Fevas turned up and the Europeans followed the RS Aero and RS Tera Worlds.

The format was quite simple, with 114 boats the teams were flighted for the first two days or six races of qualifying and then split into Gold and Silver for up to eight further championship races. There were prizes galore to be won including top boats in silver and gold fleet, top juniors, top girls, top mixed, top families and many more. All was to play for.

The weather for the whole championship was excellent with conditions varying from light to moderate, the sailors were tested to the full without being put in "survival mode" and this meant that all the winners had to sail consistently in a variety of good and fair sailing conditions.

PRO Peter Saxton set the tone for the week with his to the minute accuracy and got the racing underway promptly. A relatively moderate first day saw a great start for Sophie Johnson and Dylan Collingbourne (GBR) along with Robbert Huisman and Gijs Zuidema (NED) and Angus Kilpatrick and Freddie Fisher (GBR) who made up the top three.

Day two forecast was for strong winds in the morning so an early call by PRO to delay the start by 2 hours allowed competitors and their families a Sunday morning lay-in! Competitors hit the race course to be met by challenging but manageable and quite exciting conditions, the day one leaders all had good days but Ben Hutton-Penman and Abi Jayasekara (GBR) and Tom Storey and Rupert Jameson (GBR) both won two races each, other races were won by Sophie and Dylan and, a sign of things to come, Raulf Berry and Ben Bradley (GBR).

And so at the end of the six races of qualifying Sophie and Dylan led, followed closely by Ben and Abi and Tom and Rupert; Robbert and Gijs were fourth and Raul and Ben fifth. In Silver fleet our leaders were Blake Latta and Alice Smith (GBR).

In Fevas we carry qualifying places rather than qualifying points into the final series and this acts as a bit of a leveller and really does give everyone a chance of improving as the event continues. The next three days saw consistent and sometimes shifty winds and many place changes.

The front of the Gold fleet was very tight throughout the whole event but going into the final day, Tom and Rupert had a six point advantage over Sophie and Dylan, who had led each day until that evening. Also in the running were UK National Champions Will Pank and Seb Gotto (GBR) who had pulled themselves back into contention on the fourth day in third, and Ben and Abi in fourth.

The final day saw two races and high drama. The first race saw our event leaders well down and having to fight back up, all the while Ben and Abi cruised off in the lead and closed the points gap considerably on all but Sophie and Dylan who came a very solid second. Tom and Rupes performed an act of mastery having to take matters into their own hands after rounding the windward mark in the 20s. They sailed the opposite side of the course to everyone, lit the boat up and sailed back into 7th place which just kept them ahead of Sophie and Dylan.

And so to the final race, in short Tom and Rupert had to beat Sophie and Dylan and both boats had to be close to the front if they were not then Will and Seb or Ben and Abi would be waiting in the wings. It was tense, Tom and Rupert crossed the start line only to have to do turns due to a miscommunication between them and another boat but, again from mid fleet they fought their way through to finish in 6th, just ahead of Sophie and Dylan in 7th. Raulf and Ben won the race, Ben and Abi finished in third and in so doing closed a significant lead that Will and Seb had over them, and so it was Tom and Rupert crowned very popular RS Feva European Champions.

Silver fleet is sometimes blown away by some of the conditions we face but not this year. Tremendously tight racing throughout the event saw many places swapped. In the end it was Theo Bell and Hugo Cartwright (GBR), who qualified in 8th place in silver, they pulled through with some really consistent sailing including a first, two seconds and a third. In second place was Moritz Domok and Eva Klas (GER) who qualified 2nd and maintained their consistency throughout the final series and third was Sofia Delfina Gabricci and Sampieri Victoria (ITA).

There were some really notable performances in Silver fleet including Millie Irish and TAS Green (GBR) who qualified in 32nd place but then got three bullets almost in a row to finish 12th, clearly from great sailing stock! Also Patrick and Liam Whelan (GBR) who pulled themselves up from 24th after qualifying to a fantastic 6th.

It was also nice to see a "blast from the past" make the silver fleet crew list, many current sailors will not remember but Matt Jayasekara (just got a place at Cambridge to study medicine and of course brother of Abi) used to be a superstar crew in the Feva and he stepped in to sail with Tom Hobbs and Tom clearly learnt from the experience as his results improved as the event went on.

So it is a wrap. Absolutely huge congratulations to our winners Tom and Rupert in Gold, crowned RS Feva European Champions, and Theo and Hugo in Silver. Congratulations to all the other various prize winners who are noted below. Another fantastic RS Feva competition where our happy sailors continue to impress.

To our PRO Peter Saxton and his team, absolutely impeccable racing keeping our fleet engaged and safe. To WPNSA and the whole team, another huge thank you for having us and making us feel welcome. To all our sponsors but most importantly PA Consulting and Rooster for allowing us to host such a great event and give such fantastic prizes. And finally to RS Sailing and most importantly Jon Partridge, your energy and support for the class is amazing and we are thankful for that because it makes the whole experience brilliant and allows our sailors to be watched online by their parents (as tortuous as that sometimes is) and to have all the boats fixed so racing can continue.

Amazing children, amazing support, amazing parents and an amazing event. Thank you to all our travelling Nationals, we hope you enjoyed it, good luck to all our transitioning sailors and really good luck to all our sailors who will be fighting it out next year.

Prize Winners:

European Ladies Champion - GBR Phoebe Peters and Rachel Pyke
2nd Overall - EST Veronika Kuvatova and Hannah Tuulas
3rd Overall - GBR Katheryn Byne and Ellie Rush

European Junior Champions - GBR Felix Stewart and Jake Harris
2nd Overall - GBR Agnes Bracey-Davis and Maya Brown
3rd Overall - GBR Rosie and Susie Sheahan

Family Teams
1st Overall - GBR William and Becky Caiger
2nd Overall - Abi and Tim Hire
3rd Overall - HKG Jon and Hannah Crawford

Mixed Teams
1st Overall - GBR Sophie Johnson and Dylan Collingbourne
2nd Overall - GBR Ben Hutton Penman and Abi Jayasekara
3rd Overall - GBR William and Becky Caiger

Boys Teams
1st Overall - GBR Tom Storey and Rupert Jameson
2nd Overall - Will Pank and Seb Gotto
3rd Overall Raulf Berry and Ben Bradley

Overall Results:

PosNatSail NoHelmCrewQF1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8Pts
Gold Fleet
1stGBR6680Tom StoreyRupert Jameson3-10142537631
2ndGBR4631Sophie JohnsonDylan Collingbourne11921-17102733
3rdGBR6908Will PankSeb Gotto7(UFD)813153836
4thGBR7000Ben Hutton-PenmanAbi Jayasekara26143-16611336
5thGBR6300Raulf BerryBen Bradley577-18181426160
6thNED6793Robbert HuismanGijs Zuidema423121097-201663
7thGBR5627William CaigerBecky Caiger121715-1953613475
8thGBR6214Robbie McDonaldTeddy Ferguson636524818-27575
9thGBR6895Tom BurkeTheo Stewart936569-381911297
10thGBR6037Freddy WoodLucy Hewitson195161372289-2599
11thGBR5000Ralph NevileLuke Anstey16201078-26141521111
12thGBR4624Alice DavisAlastair Brown2623481220916-38118
13thGBR3672Alexander RatseyIssy Spurway13813144-37311423120
14thGBR6330Phoebe PetersRachel Pyke14251720-342112413126
15thEST4336Veronika KuvatovaHannah Tuulas23142317-317151710126
16thGBR4904Katheryn ByneEllie Rush21112811171322-4012135
17thGBR2422Fergus PyeSamuel Blaker2812111625-29241229157
18thGBR5847Julia BarnesEloise Clapson McBride3622182113-27232311167
19thGBR5775Sophie DennisOlivia Bracey-Davis10321930-334321927173
20thGBR6200Angus KilpatrickFreddie Fisher81630-393711122639179
21stGBR4626Abby HireTim Hire20-432215294335515184
22ndCZE4415Vitezslav HukLukas Dadak38153110646364(DNF)186
23rdHKG7047Jon CrawfordHannah Crawford15412946-53212528187
24thGBR5174Blake TudorBrett Tudor3533-45241419292114189
25thSWE6045Kettil LekeViktor Sönnergren34-382933231543422194
26thGBR5028Lucy HughesJosh Manning423127-491928131817195
27thGBR4629Gabriella CliftonDaisy Weston3242432271033-3835197
28thSWE6744Filip HuljebrantCecilia Letalick57242129112416-5642224
29thGBR6264Kevin FarrellLiam Farrell2740-44353023253118229
30thGBR4470Quinn EdmondsFin Oliver22373845211617-4843239
31stGBR3373Ching WongElinor O’Leary18(UFD)34313221263047239
32ndGBR6311Joshua DaviesFreddie Ellis111946(UFD)36DSQ44819242
33rdGBR5763Katy JenkinsRachael Jenkins50-532022484047109246
34thGBR4079Annie HammettEmma Wells17926234145(DSQ)4346250
35thGBR5768Melissa HeppellAmelie Hiscocks4118333715253746-53252
36thLTU1848Tauras DambrauskasArijus Dambrauskas25-5025282249204448261
37thCZE5162Lucie KosatovaEliska Richterova4328-54385012392234266
38thGBR6299Matthew Bergmann SmithMaya Bergmann Smith4926124620-56384531267
39thGBR6199Ethan GerrellTom Barnes2421(DSQ)DNS3833462920270
40thGBR501Caitlin MorleyJoe Blaker4046-49412618433530279
41stITA5788Seneca VeronelliAlex Veronelli313937343532-523240280
42ndITA5017Gentili LeonardoCusimano Giulio39-4740424331274124287
43rdITA4107Arianna BotticiniLudovica Morici4535-55272835455426295
44thGBR6283Blythe BerryDilly Ala37273243444134-5344302
45thCZE5703Frantisek VitakVojtech Cibulka33484325DNE302839-55305
46thGBR6820Emma HutchingsEliza South48294740473630-5241318
47thGBR6293Patrick FultonHenry Kaplan3013562655-57573352322
48thGBR6919Ollie BunceArchie Baker44303636-5144494937325
49thGBR6599Ted LaneRupert Clapham554435-544539502832328
50thNED6486Laura van den AckerFemke van den Berg53425050-5234483733347
51stGBR516Sandy BaileyJack Francis2934394753545342-57351
52ndGBR6969Henry HallamAshley Hill47524853425142-5836371
53rdGBR5900Tess SadowskiFrances Daubeny52455244394841-5754375
54thGER5628Helena KrauthaufJulia Trimolt51514151(UFD)47513650378
55thGBR6150Issy LeetchAlex Brown56494248-5450404751383
56thGBR6280Catriona ForrestEvie Tynan46-5653564042545049390
57thGBR6580Jorja MarshallAlissa Marshall54545155(DNS)55565145421
58thGBR6818Theo AersRhiannon Webber5855-57524952555556432
Silver Fleet
1stGBR1478Theo BellHugo Cartwright6721111-1223794
2ndGER4592Moritz DömökEva Klas60-3162814415100
3rdITA5332Sofia Delfina GabricciSampieri Vittoria61589-192573100
4thIRL1649Tim NorwoodFinn Cleary653-174271344102
5thGBR6112Amy BoyleMatthew Hill68-1512544622103
6thGBR6301Patrick WhelanLiam Whelan8385-165510610132
7thGBR809Oliver JohnsonNathan Clark621210-2632311512138
8thGBR6540Gregan Bergmann SmithJosh Bowers669461513(UFD)1217142
9thGBR6272Joseph WarwickerLuka Franklin81177-3566988142
10thGBR5450Joe SlipperJordi Rodriguez826-521911101141144
11thHKG7053Ulysse Ha ThucMaddalena Di Salvo7019-281712371015153
12thGBR7070Millie IrishTas Green9111(UFD)91271813161
13thGBR6524Alice LucyFred Gwinnett6314-2110189201614164
14thGBR6819Blake LattaAlice Smith59161421-258251116170
15thNED587Luisa de Marez OyensIsabelle van Mourik784137221723-299173
16thCZE4026Patrik SkvarilSarah Buchtova75131814-351522156178
17thGER6555Julian MannelTim Lutz6424-3231330182111184
18thGBR6611Marnie AersEllie Shelter7210-27271419122419197
19thGBR5545Felix StewartJake Harris113(DNS)2213101181718212
20thGBR6939Tom HobbsMatt Jayasekara99 TP91872616-3835222
21stGBR4888Libby ThompsonMeggie Caldwell9521232020203(BFD)27229
22ndNED5936Hilbrand RustemaTom Piena73111582839-412038232
23rdGBR6525Sian NutterKata Kemp84222512-3427142623233
24thGBR6381Theo CliftonEd Day802724-341722242822244
25thCZE5706Lukas KosataJan Richter7928-36362316172224245
26thGBR4240Caspar BartonTom Edwards7732191126-52263225248
27thCZE5243Dominik OstryAgnes Buchtova76183234425-473034253
28thNED3694Rick van de LuurDaphne van de Luur1062622432-3733930262
29thGBR6153Libby PetitIssy Heller-Janes74(DSQ)20152724351950264
30thGBR3599Agnes Bracey-DavisMaya Brown102-4933321618192329272
31stNED3920Mark HopmanNiels Hopman862045-484521281321279
32ndGBR6292Issac WillatsAlex Barone115291625243321-3420283
33rdGBR5802Jude SolomonsJames Mansfield69232946(DNS)29303348307
34thGBR6909Grace PankToby Hunt10738-46402928154026323
35thNOR4136Elisabet Odegaard HansteenSunniva Bogen Eriksen9035263139-53294631327
36thITA4215Emanuele GianniniNiccolò Fiorentini9330412940-47373128329
37thGBR6505Ruby AndrewsGemma Raymond923431333746-482537335
38thGBR230Alfie SheahanKatie Birt9436-43283341383636342
39thGBR3737Rosie HobbsTasha Dambacher974435222144-523546344
40thGER7131Yannick BücheleValentin Masius8537393938313642-47347
41stGBR4917Rosie SheahanSusie Sheahan96253841-4635423741355
42ndCZE4195Eliska StiburkovaKlara Kaltounkova1014142(UFD)3134344343369
43rdGBR7261Imogen PalmerMuiris Capon-Telford1043330-504345462742370
44thMLT5164Vanja Ramm-EricsonMaia Delin8740473030504948-53381
45thNED5092Lars van den BergMax van Mourik111393442414231-4444384
46thGBR5468Callum FraserStephen Carty103424037-4936454140384
47thGBR3740Imoggen SalmonLiv Scott-Smith98464438-5351393932387
48thMLT4271Molly Alice ButlerMaximillian Harry Butler89433743-5049 TP5033389
49thCZE4980Borek BorkovecTerezka Stiburkova10947-51514232324539397
50thGBR6095Erin PankGabriel O’Donnel11251494436404453(DNC)429
51stGBR3999Megan RhodesHugh Wylam110485047-5148434745438
52ndUSA7071Catherine FroelichFiona Froelich10052-54494738535252443
53rdGBR6277Baptist LaurencinGeorge Potter1084548-525243515149447
54thGBR73Kate NewmanAmelie Curtis10550534548-54504951451
55thGBR6291Rory FultonAlex Barone71(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC477
56thGBR6292Blake PhilpotIsaac Willats88(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC494
57thIRL3613Christopher Evans GarrettHarry Shackleton114(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC520

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